#Kakaotalk channel trial#

In 2017, a JoongAng Ilbo analysis noted that Jung's quick return to show business after his 2016 sex scandal showed the public was becoming more tolerant of the 'private lives of celebrities'. During this period, Jung dropped out of the television show 2 Days & 1 Night, but returned after three months. In 2016, an ex-girlfriend filed criminal charges against Jung, claiming he filmed them having sex without her consent. Jung later met Big Bang member Seungri at an awards show. While filming the show, he met fellow contestants Roy Kim and Eddy Kim, both solo singer-songwriters.

South Korean singer-songwriter and television personality Jung Joon-young began his entertainment career in 2012 as a contestant on the audition show Superstar K 4, in which he placed third.

#Kakaotalk channel trial#

1.9 January 2021 – present: Seungri's trial concludes.

1.8 January 2020 – end of year: Additional indictments, trial appealed Roy Kim and Eddy Kim cases dropped.

1.7 Ap– end of year: First victim files police complaint, arrests and trial.

1.6 April 2-10, 2019: Third set of KakaoTalk messages revealed and more entertainers involved.1.5 March 21, 2019: Jung Joon-young arrested.1.4 March 12-16, 2019: Police question Jung and other entertainers retire.1.3 March 11, 2019: Second set of KakaoTalk messages and source revealed.1.2 February 26, 2019: First set of KakaoTalk messages released.The allegations of sex crimes involved added to the South Korea's 'epidemic' of what is called molka, a Korean word for the online distribution of nonconsensual sex videos taken of women. Actor Cha Tae-hyun and comedian Kim Jun-ho both temporarily suspended their entertainment industry activities after the chatrooms revealed they allegedly gambled illegally. Lee Jong-hyun of rock band CNBLUE also admitted to viewing Jung's videos and allegedly asked Jung to get him a woman to have sex with Lee later quit CNBLUE. Singer Yong Jun-hyung left the boyband Highlight after he admitted to viewing an illegal video Jung had shared with him. Other entertainers were affected by the leaked KakaoTalk messages. Both of their cases were eventually dropped after it was determined that, while they each shared one photo they found online, they did not create illicit content or participate in the chatroom where Jung shared illicit content. He was subsequently found guilty on nine charges in the Burning Sun scandal, one of which was three instances of sharing illegal photos via a mobile chatroom.ĭuring the course of the investigation, other charges were made against solo singers Roy Kim and Eddy Kim for allegations of sharing illicit photographs in Jung's chatrooms. Big Bang singer Seungri, around whom the Burning Sun scandal centered, was charged, at the same time as Jung and Choi, with sharing illegal photos in Jung's chatrooms. Jung's conviction included charges for eleven instances of illegal filming and sharing. Island, Choi Jong-hoon a former Burning Sun employee named Kim a businessman named Kwon and a former employee of YG Entertainment named Heo. Leaked KakaoTalk messages from Jung's phone revealed conversations and videos dating from 2015 to 2016, which were used in a police investigation that resulted in gang rape convictions (two victims, separate dates) of Jung and four other chatroom members: a former member of F.T. The two scandals were tied together by the release of revealing KakaoTalk messages that exposed alleged crimes at the Burning Sun nightclub, and separately, by K-pop singer and entertainer Jung Joon-young and his friends and colleagues. The Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms was a South Korean entertainment and sex scandal publicized in 2019 as part of the Burning Sun scandal. Other entertainers involved in and affected by the scandal